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Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Notes]
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
The Confrontation at Rivières aux Ilets de Bois
The Confrontations at Rivière aux Îlets-de-Bois
Correspondence and Papers Connected with Recent Occurrences in the North-West Territories
Facts for the People: The Northwest Rebellion, the Question of the Half-Breeds and the Government's Treatment of Them
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
Louis Riel and the Fenian Raid of 1871
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
North-West Rebellion 1885: Recollections, Reflections and Items from the Diary of Captain (now Lt. Col.) A. Hamlyn Todd who Commanded the Guards Company of Sharpshooters in that Expedition
Note Taking Frame: 1885 Resistance
Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
Our Land
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999
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Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.
Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.
Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légaré.
The Red River Rebellion: The Cause of It in a Series of Letters to the British Government on the Importance of Opening the Overland Route through Rupert's Land ...
Report of the Select Committee on the Causes of the Difficulties in North-West Territories in 1869-70
Social 7, Ch. 8 Study Guide
Includes key definitions, questions and answers. For use with Chapter 8: The Metis from the textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.